2 killed after natural gas pipeline explodes near Nachusa in Lee County
WLS
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
At least one person was killed when a natural gas pipeline exploded Dec. 5, 2017 outside Dixon in northern Illinois.
NACHUSA, Ill. (WLS) -- The Lee County coroner was called to Nachusa, Ill., for two fatalities Tuesday morning, as sheriff's officers investigated a report of an explosion.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department said the blast sent flames and dark smoke into the air around 9 a.m. TWo people were killed; two were injured. Nachusa is about 95 miles west of Chicago.